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| Context, context dependency: sentences, words and texts depend to a varying extent on the addition of additional information to eliminate ambiguities. In particular, the use of index words such as "here", "now", but also of pronouns like "mine" leads to indeterminacy of the reference. The additional information may possibly be taken from an already existing information set, whereby the sentences to be examined, words or texts, form a subset of this more comprehensive set. Such a more comprehensive amount of information already existing elsewhere is called context. See also dependency, ambiguity, indeterminacy, discovery._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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Bas van Fraassen on Context/Context Dependence - Dictionary of Arguments
I 90 Context-dependent/contextuality/Fraassen: a) meaning of theories is "explained". b) language of use of theories Definition external sentences/Quine: context-independent formulation of theories. >Theories, >Explanation, >Meaning. I 115 Context dependence/context-dependent/Fraassen: any theory of causation must explain what is discarded as unimportant. And this happens context-dependently. - This, in turn, is objective. So much context dependency must always be there. - Counterfactual Conditional: Problem: there is too much context-dependence. >Counterfactual conditionals. I 125 Cause/Fraassen: is context-dependent - dependent on description. - Many authors provide very different definitions - Lewis: cause is the factor that we control the least. Nagel: cause is the factor that we control the most. - (explanation-like). Relevance/Fraassen: is context-dependent. >Relevance. I 130 Contextuality/Fraassen: means that a factor is neither determined by the totality of accepted theories, nor by the event or the fact to be explained._____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
Fr I B. van Fraassen The Scientific Image Oxford 1980 |
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Ed. Martin Schulz, access date 2024-04-28